Special attacks

[therain237]

How many special attacks per playable character do you consider a good amount working on a mod now trying to decide how many i should use any suggestions?

 

[ABK]

3

 

[rafhot]

for me at least 3:  the dash attack, the shoryuken like attack, and the hadouken like attack,  those 3 commands everybody try to spam when playing a game

 

[therain237]

Yea i was thinking like 3 or 4 i wanna make sure the characters feel unique since theres going to be four of them

 

[Bloodbane]

It depends on gameplay you want to give to players. If you are happy with simple gameplay, 1 or no special attack is good provided you also give proper challenge
OTOH if you like deep and complex gameplay, 5 or more special attacks are good provided you give proper challenge. Enemies and bosses must be able to 'force' players to use those special attacks.